How to pronounce dormitory
American English pronunciation
DOR-mih-tor-ee
- IPA
- /ˈdɔɹmɪˌtɔɹi/
- Syllables
- DOR · mih · tor · ee (4 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What dormitory means
A building with many bedrooms where students live
In a sentence: My big sister lives in a dormitory at college with her best friend.
Where it comes from: It comes from a Latin word for a sleeping room, from a word meaning "to sleep."
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